Dyhuddiant Elphin
Elphin deg taw ath wyloNa chabled neb yr eiddoNi wna les drwg-obeithioNi wyl dyn ddim ai porthoNi fydd goeg gweddi CynlloNi thyrr Duw ar addawo:Ni chad yngored Wyddno,Erioed cystal a heno.
Elphin deg sych dy ddeuruddNi weryd bod yn rhy bruddCyt tybiaist na chefaist fuddNith wna da gormod cystuddNag ammau wrthiau DofyddCyt bwyf bychan wyf gelfydd,O foroedd ac o fynyddAg o eigion afonyddI daw Duw a da i ddedwydd.
Elphin gynneddfau diddanAnfilwraidd yw d' amcanNid rhaid yt ddirfawr gwynfanGwell Duw na drwg ddaroganCyd bwyf eiddil a bychanAr fin gorferw mor dylanMi a wnaf yn nydd cyfrdanYt well no thrychan maran.
Elphin gynneddfau hynodNa sorr ar dy gyffaelodCyt bwyf gwan ar lawr fy nghodMae rhinwedd ar fy nhafodTra fwyf fi yth gyfragodNid rhaid yt ddirfawr ofnodDrwy goffau enwau'r DrindodNi ddichon neb dy orfod.
It may not be improper to inform the Reader that the ORTHOGRAPHY used
Words in this poem
- fudd n.
- The tail of a hare, coney, etc. Burns. [Of uncertain origin.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
Dyhuddiant Elphin is in the public domain. This text is taken from Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards, Project Gutenberg ebook #32767; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Evan Evans, Dyhuddiant Elphin, in Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards (1764), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #32767, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/evans-welsh/dyhuddiant-elphin.html, id L11881.
Form and metre
Dyhuddiant Elphin is 34 lines in 5 verse paragraphs. It is in rhyming couplets, 59% of the lines. The metre is trochaic tetrameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 76%). 98% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 7.4 syllables. 1 line ends on an unstressed syllable, a feminine ending. 79% of the lines run on without a stop at the line end.
See other poems in rhyming couplets, other poems in trochaic tetrameter.
Measured by Laurel's pipeline, not copied from a handbook: how stress and metre are counted, how rhyme is lettered, how a drifted rhyme is found. Where the dictionary cannot confirm a rhyme the letter is withheld, not guessed.
Rhyme words, stanza by stanza
The word that ends each line, lettered by the rhyme it makes; a dash is a line whose rhyme the dictionary could not confirm.
- 2 AAAABBBBB ddeuruddA · bruddA · fuddA · cystuddA · dofyddB · gelfyddB · fynyddB · afonyddB · ddedwyddB
- 3 AAAAABAB diddanA · amcanA · gwynfanA · ddaroganA · bychanA · dylanB · cyfrdanA · maranB
- 4 AAAAAAAA hynodA · gyffaelodA · nghodA · nhafodA · gyfragodA · ofnodA · drindodA · orfodA
Scansion, line by line
Each line with its syllable count and the stresses the words themselves fix: / stressed, ˘ unstressed, · a syllable the word leaves free and the metre decides. Read against trochaic tetrameter. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| Elphin deg taw ath wylo | 7 | ······· |
| Na chabled neb yr eiddo | 7 | ··˘···· |
| Ni wna les drwg-obeithio | 7 | ······· |
| Ni wyl dyn ddim ai portho | 7 | ······· |
| Ni fydd goeg gweddi Cynllo | 7 | ······· |
| Ni thyrr Duw ar addawo: | 7 | ······· |
| Ni chad yngored Wyddno, | 7 | ····˘·· |
| Erioed cystal a heno. | 7 | ·˘····· |
| Elphin deg sych dy ddeurudd | 7 | ······· |
| Ni weryd bod yn rhy brudd | 7 | ······· |
| Cyt tybiaist na chefaist fudd | 7 | ······· |
| Nith wna da gormod cystudd | 7 | ······· |
| Nag ammau wrthiau Dofydd | 6 | ······ |
| Cyt bwyf bychan wyf gelfydd, | 7 | ······· |
| O foroedd ac o fynydd | 8 | ···//··· |
| Ag o eigion afonydd | 7 | ······· |
| I daw Duw a da i ddedwydd. | 8 | ········ |
| Elphin gynneddfau diddan | 7 | ······· |
| Anfilwraidd yw d' amcan | 7 | ······· |
| Nid rhaid yt ddirfawr gwynfan | 7 | ······· |
| Gwell Duw na drwg ddarogan | 7 | ······· |
| Cyd bwyf eiddil a bychan | 7 | ······· |
| Ar fin gorferw mor dylan | 7 | ·····/˘ |
| Mi a wnaf yn nydd cyfrdan | 7 | ······· |
| Yt well no thrychan maran. | 7 | ·····˘/ |
| Elphin gynneddfau hynod | 7 | ······· |
| Na sorr ar dy gyffaelod | 7 | ······· |
| Cyt bwyf gwan ar lawr fy nghod | 7 | ······· |
| Mae rhinwedd ar fy nhafod | 7 | ······· |
| Tra fwyf fi yth gyfragod | 7 | ······· |
| Nid rhaid yt ddirfawr ofnod | 7 | ······· |
| Drwy goffau enwau'r Drindod | 7 | ······· |
| Ni ddichon neb dy orfod. | 7 | ······· |
| It may not be improper to inform the Reader that the ORTHOGRAPHY used | 19 | ····˘/˘·˘/·/˘··˘/˘· |
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